Don't Come Upstairs vs On the Impossibility of an Homage
On the Impossibility of an Homage is the shorter watch at 19m compared with 44m. On the Impossibility of an Homage is the older of the two (2024 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Don't Come Upstairs | On the Impossibility of an Homage | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 0.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2024 |
| Length | 44m | 19m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | – | Germany |
| Director | Mike Lobel | Xandra Popescu |
| Main cast | Mike Lobel, Melanie Lobel, Elliot Lobel | Gabriela Durleci, Cristian Susu, Mirela Simniceanu, Ion Tugearu |
Synopsis
Don't Come Upstairs
A filmmaker explores his family's 30-year hidden secret through home videos, despite risks to everyone's safety. Based on Mike Lobel's investigation into what his parents kept from him and his siblings.
On the Impossibility of an Homage
Given a portrait, who is responsible for the image we see, the painter or the subject? Ion used to be a a rockstar of Ballet in Communist Romania. When we first discussed the possibility of a portrait, Ion was initially thrilled. He’d been dreaming that someday there’d be a film about him. But during the filmmaking process Ion finds it hard to let go.
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